What is this madness!! An update on Tuesday!!?
Why. Yes. It’s officially publication day!
Even the Audio Book is live today. It’s AWESOME! (might be biased). If Audiobooks are your jam, you can totally find it here: Seventh Age Audio Book
Also, if you can, please share that with other people who might like the Audio Book.
In other news, on Launch Day I’ve got two great links!
An amazing review of the book: Click Here
A feature article on Dread Central! Avalon over at Inkshares nailed the perfect place to feature the book.
Just in case you DON’T have your book yet, and I know many of you still haven’t gotten them yet; (particularly super readers); You can always email Hello@Inkshares.com and double check that it was shipped. It should be any day now.
So now... enjoy the read! Let me know what you think! I’ll be asking for reviews in a month or so. I’ll even do an entire update about the importance of them and why it’s critical that readers leave them.
Otherwise.... maybe you can spot me, or the booth imp, at a con!
In the Worlds Walker’s universe, we are few, but we are mighty,
The campaign is off to slow start, but I’m not concerned. Trust me; I have a plan. I always do, and things will heat up pretty soon.
This update is just a big thank you to all of you early supporters and also a big thanks to the SnarkyDarksy Syndicate for choosing Worlds Walker as their January pick.
This is the second time SnarkyDarksy honors me choosing one of my books and the second time they caught me completely off guard. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Please, don’t forget to spread the word about Worlds Walker. The book can only become a reality if enough people believe in it and support it. So please share the link on social media or ask a friend to buy a copy, and support a struggling -but otherwise fabulous- author.
That’s it for now. Have a wonderful rest of your week.
Dear Readers,
It. Is. DONE! The Phantom Forest has reached its Quill publishing goal, which means the book will have a limited release in both print and digital! I’ve talked to a number of authors who have gone through this process before me, and the timeline is pretty similar to a traditional publishing calendar: there’s going to be an editing phase, beta-readers, design, and marketing planning, so the actual release date might not be for another 7-12 months, even though the manuscript itself is complete. But rest assured, as soon as I have an official release date, I’ll update everyone! You will have those signed copies in your hands and I will have callouses after signing all of them for you and I will love every minute of it.
Okay, so here is the part where I rattle off about a hundred thank yous... so sit tight!
I was fortunate to get an enormous boost this week from not one, not two, but THREE Inkshares syndicates! You’ll see little "medals" for each on the book’s main page - there’s the Staff Syndicate, which is run by members of the Inkshares team, then there’s the Fantasy syndicate, which backs that specific genre, and the Break the Bechdel Syndicate, which specializes in books with strong female leads. A huge, heartfelt thank you goes out to all the syndicate members who nominated the book and pushed it into the spotlight. You made a huge difference this week and helped it reach the tipping point!
Another thanks to the awesome folks who put together the book trailer for me, which made a major impact: there’s director David Diperstein, whose work you can check out here, and our lovely actress Jess Nurse. I’m still so flattered that they made this beautiful trailer for me and I think it really helped to give everyone an idea of all the cinematic potential in this story.
And then of course, there’s all of you, the readers! You thought you were just going online and buying some book you’d never heard of, but you also helped me accomplish a huge goal 5+ years in the making, you helped support an awesome new publishing startup, you graciously helped me raise money for the ACLU when I started feeling conflicted about the ethics of crowdfunding for a time, and you gave emerging filmmakers and artists exposure by watching and sharing our trailer and giving our cover artist the green light!
Thank you, whether you’re an old, dear friend or a new supporter on the internet I’ve yet to meet in person. I can’t wait to start the next phase of this adventure!
Love,
Liz
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@Darcy Conroy It’s totally valid to have concerns, and while the company is in this chrysalis stage it’s natural to wonder about all the changes, particularly if you came in during the midst of it. Many of the current stable of writers are just as trepidatious as you are. No one likes changes, and we’re still waiting to see what everything looks like in the end. I honestly don’t anticipate the royalties dropping below 35% simply because at that point (as some have mentioned you’re getting much less than that since it’s a split of net profits) it just doesn’t make sense to stick with Inkshares. Adam mentioned in his email that they wanted to make sure their writers were still making double what they could at an old school publisher, and I think anything below 35% would put that in jeopardy.
My personal experience with the site is a little less brilliant than @Mike Mongo or @JF Dubeau . I have failed two campaigns and completed two, once of which was an anthology that won the last contest. The book that I succeeded with on my own only hit Quill funding (that 250 mark), but I did get the honor of being selected as a Sword & Laser collection book. I am more tied in with the writer community than the "excellent services" that Mike and JF have experience with. My little book is still in the editing phase, so I will probably land in the new version of Quill, whatever that will look like. But I’m sticking around for the authors I’ve met, and all I’ve learned from them. I have faith in what they are building here at Inkshares, but I am not so tied in that if the deal stops being good that I’ll still stay. Crowdfunding is rough business for introverts, and if I’m going to push past my social anxiety, it’s gotta be worth it.